“En resumidas cuentas, ¡tus amigos te honran! Eres a menudo causa de su alegría y a tu corazón le parece como si no pudiera estar sin ellos; pero... ¿si te fueras, si te apartaras de este círculo? ¿Sentirían... cuánto tiempo sentirían el vacío que tu pérdida arranca en su destino? ¿Cuánto tiempo?”
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Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era. He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.
Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was expected by his parents to become a preacher, but while at the University of Edinburgh, he lost his Christian faith. Calvinist values, however, remained with him throughout his life. This combination of a religious temperament with loss of faith in traditional Christianity made Carlyle's work appealing to many Victorians who were grappling with scientific and political changes that threatened the traditional social order.